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[Lawrence]

I have had a browse on the HS site recently looking for a DMU set, can any body tell me how you tell if a set is motorised or a dummy?  Thanks

[CaptOblivious]

Usually, or at least often, the set will be described with an (M) to indicate motorized and (T) (for trailer) to indicate non-motorized. You can look at the prices too. Do you have any items in particular you were curious about?

Examples:
motorized KIHA35:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10096078
trailer KIHA35:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10096079

[disturbman]

Then you can also look at the picture called "more about item", it shows where the motor is (the M on the picture).

exemple: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10073205k/50/1

In this one there is two motors.

[Lawrence]

Thanks guys, I thought the (M) might be a clue but wasn't 100% 

I think you should have a newbie section to the forum where gonks like me can lurk and ask such daft questions 

[disturbman]

The ensuing conversation about a newbie section has been moved here.